[humanser] Please Respond

Tue May 13 17:34:16 UTC 2014

Renee,

I, too, went to grad school in my fifties.  My internships needed to be 
completed during grad school and the placements were not easy to find due to 
prejudice.  While others were allowed to look for placements themselves, 
while also having help from the field rep (who contacted 
potential/placements) I was reprimanded for going to a spot I thought would 
take me, and told to call the supervisor at that site, apologize, say I 
couldn't go there.  I don't think the social work school's field director 
did me any good as he attempted to tell potential placement folks stuff 
about my blindness, etc.

Yes, documentation needs to be done in a certain way and one needs to take 
the insurers in to consideration.  I do a bit of work in mental health and 
recently had an interim supervisor who provided us with documentation 
regarding documentation, which he got from the American Psychological 
Association.  He also gave me some feedback concerning my progress notes, 
and his advice was helpful.  This week we got our new director who said, "I 
come with a binder of evidence based treatment plans and they are acceptable 
to insurance companies."

If wanted, I'm happy to email any articles I have that deal with 
documentation.

Sandy, Licensed Certified Social Worker Massachusetts

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From: "Quinto Sanchez" <sanchezq at prodigy.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 12:43 PM
To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [humanser] Please Respond

> Rene: What JD says is very good information. It is difficult to find an 
> internship site b/c you have to navigate through accessibility and many 
> times prejudicial issues. That being said it takes a little longer to find 
> a site than others without disabilities. However, you can find a site. I 
> myself was a little creative in finding my site and volunteered at a 
> non-profit agency that assisted persons with disabilities but, before my 
> arrival they did not offer therapeutic counseling so it was my own program 
> and I created my own intake and case notes. Although, since I created my 
> notes for my own personal use and didn't consider that in real life you 
> have to write your notes making the case of why the counseling services 
> are necessary. If your notes aren't written correctly the insurance may 
> decide that the services are not necessary. the result is that now I lack 
> confidence and skills to complete the appropriate documentation for the 
> medical insurance. I tell you this that you may make sure you pick a site 
> where you are being supervised and instructed on how to write accurate 
> documentation for insurance purposes.
> From: "Renee Pavlus" <renee.pavlus at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 1:32 AM
> To: <humanser at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [humanser] Please Respond
>
>> Hello Group:
>> My name is Renee Pavlus. I have been a member of the NFB for more then
>> twenty years.  I need some feed-back and assistance.I have recently
>> completed my graduate courses accept for one at Argosy SLC. I must
>> work under supervision for 1000 hours before graduating. Originally I
>> was to graduate this month, but, because of the internship issues I
>> must complete the 1000 hours, in addition taking the Practicum and two
>> Internship courses which will relate to the clinical requirements set
>> by Argosy to graduate to be able to sit for the first licensure
>> testing. Of course, after graduating I must work for 4000 hours under
>> CMHC standards to independently license.
>> I could use some support at this point. The issues involve blindness,
>> for I am totally blind; I am older, in my late fifties; and have
>> several other minor disabilities to deal with which will not affect my
>> ability to work.
>> I need to connect with a clinitian who has supervised, or who has gone
>> through supervision who is blind and is using blindness skills to
>> complete clinical work and other things like paper work, case
>> conceptualizations, reading files, etc. Learning is wonderful, but
>> getting in the trenchs is so much more important at this time; along
>> with connecting with a supportive supervisor. I must complete at least
>> 500 hours direct work with clients, families, or group work within the
>> supervised program; so I can't take any social service type of
>> employment at this point and time unless it connects with clinical.  .
>> If any one has experienced similar issues  or can give me some
>> concrete answers please contact me by email, or call me (801) 3735028.
>> I do appreciate any assistance available. I have not connected with
>> supervision, or a payed position as of today, but am working hard to
>> do the correct things to secure hours, (payed or non-payed). I did
>> very well in graduate school; this being my second Masters program,
>> the first one in the 1990s didn't prepare me to directly license, this
>> program has been designed specifically to prepare me to take the
>> license testing (CMHC) after graduating.
>> Thanks so much. Any support would be so appreciated.
>> Renee
>>
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